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Fears for abattoirs

TWENTY-two organisations, including the Country Land and Business Association and the RSPCA have expressed their concerns to the Government about draft proposals for smaller abattoirs.

The letter states that the statutory proposals do not go far enough.

"Rather than reducing the burden of charges born by small and medium-sized abattoirs, the proposals may give licence for inspection charges to be increased," the letter states.

"The Government will have wasted its money if, as a result of additional charges envisaged in the statutory instrument, abattoirs continue to close, with all the devastating downstream consequences for the rural economy and the environment that is sought to prevent."

Updated: 10:20 Thursday, February 22, 2001